Victorian Current Acts Victorian Current ActsIn this Act—
"appointed day" means the beginning of the day appointed under section 4;
"appointed member" of the Trust means a member of the Trust appointed under section 7(3).
"Bishop" means the Bishop of the Church or, if the Bishop of the Church is absent from Victoria or otherwise unable to perform the functions of office, or there is a vacancy in the See, the person for the time being entitled to perform the functions of Bishop according to the rules and customs of the Church;
"Church" means the Coptic Orthodox Church, Diocese of Melbourne and Affiliated Regions, an indivisible part of the Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria and the See of St Mark, a hierarchical Christian body whose leader, overseer and shepherd is the Pope of Alexandria and Patriarch of the See of St Mark;
S. 3 def. of Church association amended by No. 20/2012 s. 226(Sch. 5 item 6).
"Church association" means a body specified in Schedule 1, being an association incorporated under the Associations Incorporation Reform Act 2012 ;
"function" includes power, duty and authority;
"perform" a function includes exercise a power;
"Trust" means the Coptic Orthodox Church (Victoria) Property Trust established by this Act;
"trust property" means property acquired by or vested in the Trust.